The ql_wait_for_drvr_lock() fails and returns false, then this function should return an error code instead of returning success. The other problem is that the success path prints an error message netdev_err(ndev, "Releasing driver lock\n"); Delete that and re-order the code a little to make it more clear. Fixes: 5a4faa873782 ("[PATCH] qla3xxx NIC driver") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: fix the subject and Fixes tag. Delete the bogus error message. drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c index 1e6d72adfe43..71523d747e93 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c @@ -3480,20 +3480,19 @@ static int ql_adapter_up(struct ql3_adapter *qdev) spin_lock_irqsave(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags); - err = ql_wait_for_drvr_lock(qdev); - if (err) { - err = ql_adapter_initialize(qdev); - if (err) { - netdev_err(ndev, "Unable to initialize adapter\n"); - goto err_init; - } - netdev_err(ndev, "Releasing driver lock\n"); - ql_sem_unlock(qdev, QL_DRVR_SEM_MASK); - } else { + if (!ql_wait_for_drvr_lock(qdev)) { netdev_err(ndev, "Could not acquire driver lock\n"); + err = -ENODEV; goto err_lock; } + err = ql_adapter_initialize(qdev); + if (err) { + netdev_err(ndev, "Unable to initialize adapter\n"); + goto err_init; + } + ql_sem_unlock(qdev, QL_DRVR_SEM_MASK); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags); set_bit(QL_ADAPTER_UP, &qdev->flags); -- 2.20.1